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Table 2 Effects of dietary tannin and herbal mixture supplementation on growth performance and feed intake in goats

From: Rumen fermentation and microbiota in Shami goats fed on condensed tannins or herbal mixture

 

Treatments

Mean

SEM

P-value

C

T

HM

Initial body Weight, Kg

27.67

26.1

26.1

26.55

1.33

0.88

%RGR*

27.98

32.15

34.94

31.95

3.40

0.75

Feed Intake, g/Kg 0.75

Dry matter

85.36

80.57

81.57

82.30

1.32

0.35

Organic matter

75.61

71.36

72.25

72.89

1.17

0.35

Crude protein

15.76

14.88

15.06

15.20

0.24

0.35

Ether Extract

2.13

2.01

2.04

2.06

0.033

0.35

Neutral detergent fiber intake

34.19

32.27

32.68

32.97

0.53

0.35

  1. *Relative Growth Rate (RGR), % = (final BW – initial BW) × 100/IBW
  2. C = diet without supplementation; T = diet supplemented with tannins;
  3. HM = diet supplemented with herbal mixture; SEM = standard error of the mean